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>> Fist fights near Michigan State University broke out Monday, in the latest clash between supporters of Alt-right leader Richard Spencer and those protesting his white supremacist views. Spencer's speech at the university went ahead but not before a protest erupted as about 40 backers of Spencer were met by about 500 demonstrators.

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Spencer, an outspoken supporter of Trump during the 2016 campaign, rose out of relative obscurity after widely circulated videos showed some Trump supporters giving Nazi style salutes to him during a gathering in Washington to celebrate the Republican candidates electoral win. Trump condemned them meeting. It's not the first time a protest like this has broken out.

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In October, Florida declared a state of emergency to guard against violence between Spencer's supporters and hundreds of protestors as Spencer gave a speech at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Two months before that, a 20 year old man said to harbor Nazi sympathies drove his car into a crowd of counter protesters after White Supremacist rallies in Charlottesville, Virgina killing a 32 year old woman.

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On Monday at least a dozen people were arrested including the Director of Operations for Spencer's organization, the National Policy Institute.